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Are you looking for free things to do in New York City (NYC) on September 13, 2019?

39 free events take place on Friday, September 13 in New York City. Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides! Exciting, high quality, unique and off the beaten path free events and free things to do take place in New York today, tonight, tomorrow and each day of the year, any time of the day: whether it's a weekday or a weekend, day or night, morning or evening or afternoon, December or July, April or November! These events will take your breath away!

New York City (NYC) never ceases to amaze you with quantity and quality of its free culture and free entertainment. Check out September 13 and see for yourself. Summer or Winter, Spring or Fall! Just click on any day of the calendar above and you'll find most inspiring and entertaining free events to go to and free things to do on each day of September . Don't miss the opportunities that only New York provides!

Some events take place all year long: same day of the week, same time there are there for you to take advantage of. One of the oldest free weekly events in Manhattan is Dixieland Jazz with the Gotham Jazzmen, which happen at noon every Tuesday. Another example of an event that you can attend all year round on weekdays is Federal Reserve Bank Tour, which takes place every week day at 1 pm (but advanced reservations are required). You can take at least 13 free tours every day of the year, except the New Year Day, July 4th, and the Christmas Day. If you are classical music afficionado, you can spend whole day in New York going from one free classical concert to another. If you love theater, then New York gives you an option to attend plays and musicals free of charge, or at deep discount. You just need to have information about it. And we are here to make that information available to you.
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39 free things to do in New York City (NYC) on Friday, September 13, 2019

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free events nyc The Miracle Season (2018): Sports Drama with Helen Hunt, William Hurt (Outdoors)
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Workshop | Tai Chi Outdoors


Improve balance, strength and focus through gentle exercises. The sights and sounds of the river provide a serene background for the ancient flowing postures. Tai Chi results in strength and focus of body and mind. An ideal choice for participants of all ages. Instructor: Alex Hing Fridays, July 12-September 13, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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8:00 am
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Tour | 13 Tours, All City Neighborhoods, Any Time Of The Day, Choose One Tour Or Many


These free tours take place at various times during the day, all day long. You can make reservations for as many tours as your schedule allows. SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Heights + DUMBO 3 Hour Lower Manhattan Harlem Chelsea and the High Line 6 Hour Downtown Combined Greenwich Village Central Park Lower Manhattan Midtown Manhattan Grand Central Terminal Graffiti and Street Art Tours World Trade Center
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Fair | Street Fair


Free fun for the whole family, including arts, crafts, antiques, plants, entertainment, games, and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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10:00 am
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Workshop | Guided Falun Dafa Meditation Class


Stress relief, gain wisdom and work toward enlightenment
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:00 pm
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Classical Music | Bach at Noon


The organ works of J.S. Bach (1685-1750) offered in 30-minute meditations. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the Brandenburg Concertos and the Goldberg Variations as well as for vocal music such as the St. Matthew Passion and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. "The term 'baroque' has been widely used since the 19th century to describe the period in Western European art music from about 1600 to 1750... Many famous composers from the first part of the baroque period came from Italy and have a link with Venice, including Claudio Monteverdi and Antonio Vivaldi. Monteverdi was born in Cremona, but moved to Venice where he was 'maestro di capella' at the San Marco basilica. Vivaldi was born in Venice and was one of the greatest baroque composers. It is thanks to these strong musical traditions of Venice that we have today's music. Without Venetian church music and Monteverdi's advances with polyphony, the great traditions of choral music in England, France, and Germany would never have developed. Without the operas written by Monteverdi, Cavalli and Vivaldi, not only would the later styles of opera never have been invented. There would be no basis for the American Musical or the German and Viennese Operetta, the Spanish Zarzuela, and even rock, pop, and contemporary music as we know it." The Venice Insider Bach at Noon concerts take place every Tuesdays through Fridays, from September 10, 2019 to May 20, 2020.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:20 pm
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Author Reading | The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript


Art history, histories of genocide, cultural heritage, and the questions of the continuity of the medieval and the modern intersect in the biography of a medieval Armenian Gospels manuscript. Eight of its illuminated pages were discovered in the J. Paul Getty Museum in 2010, prompting a lawsuit. The tale of the separation of the pages from the manuscript tells a story of genocide and survival, and makes the case for a human right to art. With author Heghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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12:30 pm
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Tour | Grand Central and Its Neighborhood Tour


Discover architecture and social history of Grand Central neighborhood; learn secrets of Whispering Gallery in Grand Central Terminal; gaze upon hubcaps and roadsters on side of Chrysler Building; discover favorite Midtown Manhattan hangout of Mercury, Hercules, and Minerva; learn why Pershing Square isn’t really square; visit original Lincoln Memorial by Daniel Chester French. Award-winning tour led by urban historians Peter Laskowich and Madeleine Levi. This tour takes place every Friday.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Concert | Piano in the Park: Ragtime, Stride, and Jazz


Summertime, and the livin’ is easy... so swing on by for toe-tappin’ performances by New York’s finest, playing ragtime, stride, and jazz to your heart’s delight. With: Kuni Mikami, 12 Years with Lionel Hampton’s Big Band
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12:30 pm
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Film | Ben Is Back (2018) Starring Julia Roberts: Son Returns Home From Rehabilitation


A drug addicted teenage boy shows up unexpectedly at his family's home on Christmas Eve. 103 min. Director: Peter Hedges. Starring Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | Now Is Good (2012): Things To Do Before That Day Comes


A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity. 103 min. Director: Ol Parker. Starring Dakota Fanning, Josef Altin, Jeremy Irvine. Now Is Good is based on Jenny Downham’s 2007 novel Before I Die. 
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Workshop | Lunchtime Meditation


Take a mid-day pause to refresh your mind and re-establish your center in the midst of bustling city life. Meditation is a powerful tool to eliminate stress, to heal the body, mind, and brain, and to enhance your personal well-being and positive relationship with the world.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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1:00 pm
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Film | Isn't It Romantic (2019): Her Life Turns Into A Romantic Comedy


A young woman disenchanted with love mysteriously finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy. 89 min. Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson. Starring Rebel Wilson, Liam Hemsworth, Adam Devine.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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2:00 pm
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Film | Kinky Boots (2005): He Needs An Expert


A drag queen comes to the rescue of a man who, after inheriting his father's shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat. 107 min. Director: Julian Jarrold. Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts.  Ejiofor was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Gallery Talk | T. C. Cannon: At the Edge of America: Exhibition Tour


A 45-minute tour. One of the most influential, innovative and talented Native American artists of the 20th century, T.C. Cannon embodied the activism, cultural transition and creative expression that defined America in the 1960s and 1970s. Learn how Cannon interrogated American history and popular culture through his Native lens and exercised a rigorous mastery of Western art historical tropes while creating an entirely fresh visual vocabulary.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Film | The Mule (2018): Crime Drama By And With Clint Eastwood


A 90-year-old horticulturist and Korean War veteran turns drug mule for a Mexican cartel. 116 min. Director: Clint Eastwood. Starring Clint Eastwood, Patrick L. Reyes, Cesar De León. The Mule has grossed $103.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $62.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $166.7 million, against a production budget of $50 million.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Tour | Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House Tour


Highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, information about architect Cass Gilbert and viewings of the Collectors Office with its Tiffany woodwork, Reginald Marsh murals and the 140-ton rotunda dome, designed and built by Rafael Gustavino.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Trans Kids: Being Gendered in the Twenty-First Century


Something about gender is changing. Tey Meadow's Trans Kids is an ethnographic account of the first generation of families actively facilitating gender nonconformity in young children. Whereas previous generations of parents sent children who defied gender norms for psychiatric treatment aimed at cure, now some parents agree to call their children new names, buy them new clothes, and even approach social institutions to change their gender classifications.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:00 pm
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Lecture | Roasting Ethics


What are the rules of the comedic roast? Initially, there might seem to be a tension between ‘the comedic’ and ‘roasting’ or ‘insult.’ The comedic is concerned with the funny, light-hearted mirth or fun, while insults are mean-spirited in nature, tools of injury. So how can the two be combined to produce something fun? Obviously, the mixing of the two isn’t always successful. Just as adding too much salt to a dish can make it unpalatable, being heavy-handed with the insults can make an intended humorous utterance emotionally unbearable. There is a delicate balance that must be struck to ensure that insults within the roasting context are taken “in good fun.” In this talk, Luvell Anderson of Syracuse University briefly entertains a few views that attempt a resolution of this apparent tension.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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3:30 pm
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Workshop | Bingo in the Park


BYO food and beverages to this all ages, free to enter, B-I-N-G-O night. A mix of music plays as the numbers roll out and each game winner receives a prize. Fridays, September 6-27, 2019
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Birdwatching | Birding Walk


Explore the park on a family-friendly bird walk. Who knows what birds you’ll discover while taking in views of the Hudson River!
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Opening Reception | Cadastre: Surrealism Meets Caribbean Anti-Colonialism


An exhibition of new works by Allora & Calzadilla revisits the Surrealist encounter with the anti-colonial movement in the Caribbean to consider present forms of coloniality and its relation to climate justice. The artists have taken inspiration from the radical and transformative collection of poems by Martinican poet and politician Aimé Césaire under the same name. The term “cadastre” refers to the means by which the territorial limits of private property are publicly registered. Taking cue from the powerful mechanics of Césaire’s writing, Allora & Calzadilla’s exhibition brings together three works all informed by a poetics of mark making, traces, and survival.
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Opening Reception | Coreografias: Individual and Group Portraits


Mexican-born and New York-based activist and painter Aliza Nisenbaum will present a new body of individual and group portrait paintings. All works are the results of the artist's participation in a variety of group and community activities such as her recent Brixton Station residency or her engagement with a downtown NYC salsa dancing group.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Double Down: Art About Gambling


Marcus Jahmal  will present a selection of new paintings and will transform the gallery's west exhibition room with a site-specific installation. Many of these new paintings by reference dice, cards, and gambling. Jahmal grew up in a Brooklyn neighborhood (Prospect Heights) surrounded by rich Caribbean culture coupled with illegal numbers and gambling. He remembers watching guys throwing dice in the alley. He remembers the illegal number sheets "Big Mack" and "Big Red" that were sold in all the bodegas. A neighborhood figure "Willie Brown" who ran the number hole and owned a corner of real estate. His grandmother played the numbers regularly “walking around with black-eyed peas in her pocket for luck”.  
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Film | Earth (2019): Possession of the Planet


Several billion tons of earth are moved annually by humans - with shovels, excavators or dynamite. This film observes people, in mines, quarries and at large construction sites, engaged in a constant struggle to take possession of the planet. Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter
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6:00 pm
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Opening Reception | The Marks of a Stranger: Negotiating Order and Chaos


A show of new work by Jesse Mockrin. In her second exhibition with the gallery, she continues her deep dive into the mythos enveloping culture and consciousness. The ideas and impulses that play out in her work seem to unfold in that fraught space where culture meets cosmos—the fragile, all too permeable membrane we negotiate between order and chaos.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Opening Reception | Visionary Bridge: Shapes on Precious Fabrics


A Sabìr is a unitary whole composed of several canvases called 'canovacci'. The name chosen by the artists to identify this new form of artwork refers to the language spoken in ancient times in harbors and docks around the Mediterranean Sea. The meticulous and delicate work of juxtaposition and binding carried out with this gauze to integrate the space left by the 'missing words' weaves the fragments together and renders a complete narration. Organic pigments made with moistures from ancient recipes are used to create imaginary abstract patterns and shapes on precious fabric that take the viewer on a visual trip and an emotional journey that catch the imagination in new surprising ways. Pictorial textures that shape thought and silence, impalpable and yet visually powerful tapestries, born from the alchemy of color and friendship that unites their artistic partnership. Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments will be served after a panel.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Poetry Reading | When the Chant Comes: Acclaimed Poetry


Author Kay Ulanday Barrett is a poet, performer, and educator, navigating life as a disabled pilipinx-amerikan transgender queer in the U.S. with struggle, resistance, and laughter. When The Chant Comes received critical acclaim from performance spaces to literary poetry festivals to your cousin's potluck.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Curating South Asian Modernism


How do politics, diplomacy, and other worldviews influence both private collecting and exhibition organizing? What factors enter into a curator’s selection of works for a show? How do museums and other institutions help shape a collector’s identity? These questions and more will be considered by speakers Sean Anderson, Associate Curator of Architecture and Design, Museum of Modern Art; Beth Citron, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rubin Museum of Art; and Saloni Mathur, Professor of Art History, UCLA. Moderated by Lynn Gumpert, Director, Grey Art Gallery,.
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Author Reading | Crochet with London Kaye: Projects and Ideas to Yarn Bomb Your Life


A new take on crochet that’s artful, unique, and unexpected. Full of tips and techniques on crochet, types of yarn bombing, and at-home projects for the beginner and advanced crocheter, Crochet with London Kaye promises to engage and inspire crafty readers around the world. Restrictions may apply. Call store for details.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Author Reading | Queer Terror: Life, Death, and Desire in the Settler Colony


C. Heike Schotten offers a critique of U.S. settler-colonial empire that draws on political, queer, and critical indigenous theory to situate Bush’s either/or moralism and reframe the concept of terrorism. The categories of the War on Terror exemplify the moralizing politics that insulate U.S. empire from critique, render its victims deserving of its abuses, and delegitimize resistance to it as unthinkable and perverse.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Movie in a Park | Smallfoot (2018): Abominable Snowman's Animated Adventure (Outdoors)


A yeti is convinced that the elusive creatures known as "humans" really do exist. Directors: Karey Kirkpatrick, Jason Reisig Stars: Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya 96 min. Grab a blanket or towel and come enjoy a movie in the park. Glass bottles and alcoholic beverages are strictly prohibited. You should arrive before 7:00 p.m. to get your spot. Feel free to bring a blanket to sit on.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Movie in a Park | The Miracle Season (2018): Sports Drama with Helen Hunt, William Hurt (Outdoors)


After the tragic death of star volleyball player Caroline "Line" Found, a team of dispirited high school girls must band together under the guidance of their tough-love coach in hopes of winning the state championship. Director: Sean McNamara 101 min. Grab a blanket or towel and come enjoy a movie in the park. Glass bottles and alcoholic beverages are strictly prohibited. You should arrive before 7:00 p.m. to get your spot.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:00 pm
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Gallery Talk | Artist Talk: Historical Wounds and Infinite Repair


MA Curatorial Practice presents leading Berlin-based French-Algerian artist Kader Attia, who will speak with MA Curatorial Practices's Director of Research Brian Kuan Wood about how social systems and institutions address historical wounds in an infinite process of repair. How can a Paris bar/club such as La Colonie, which Attia founded in 2016, also be a trans-cultural and intergenerational space for decolonializing knowledge?
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Performance | Bard in the Park: A Midsummer Night’s Song


Celebrate the solstice with free Bard in the Park. Bringing Shakespeare for four performances this summer, local artists present A Midsummer Night's Song.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Comedy Club | An Evening of Standup Comedy


A standup comedy show featuring comics who have appeared on NBC, TruTV, Comedy Central and more.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Discussion | Photoville: An Evening with The New York Times


Times photographers and editors will share highlights from coverage of some of the year's most visually compelling stories. The presentation will include a discussion with the photographers and editors who created the special section commemorating the women of the 116th Congress, an exploration with photographers about what it means to work on assignment, a look at how archival photo editors find fresh, contemporary stories to tell with archival photographs, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the photos and videos for The New York Times Magazine's New York City issue. Featuring: Elizabeth D. Herman, Celeste Sloman, Beth Flynn, Marisa Schwartz Taylor, Gabriella Angotti-Jones, Todd Heisler, Chang W. Lee, Anika Burgess, Jessie Wender, Sasha Arutyunova, Brenda Ann Kenneally, Kathy Ryan.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Classical Music | Works By Ravel, Debussy And Barkok Performed By Symphony Orchestra


A performance by MSM Symphony Orchestra. George Manahan, conductor. Program Maurice Ravel Pavane pour une infant defunte Claude Debussy La Mer Bela Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116 Conductor George Manahan was the Exxon Arts Endowment Conductor of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO), and interim music director of the NJSO from 1983 to 1985. He has also served as conductor of the Steve Reich Ensemble. He was music director of the Richmond Symphony Orchestra from 1987 to 1998. During his Richmond tenure, the orchestra received five ASCAP awards for "Adventuresome Programming of Contemporary Music". Manahan became music director of the American Composers Orchestra with the 2010-2011 season. Other work in contemporary music has included conducting the world premiere of Terence Blanchard's and Michael Cristofer's Champion. Manahan was the 2012 winner of the Ditson Conductor's Award.
   New York City, NY; NYC
7:30 pm
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Performance | Oh Heroine How I Love You!: Modern Play Passing Through Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights


75 min. Writer, Director: Callie Nestleroth. Performer: Sara Page. Meet with Cathy Earnshaw in her world from Emily Bronte's classic tale Wuthering Heights, and be taken by her on a journey that goes beyond the confines of her book. Whether from the many film adaptations, or Kate Bush's singular song, Cathy and Heathcliff are infamous characters. But do we ever consider the effect they have on those who learn their story? Oh Heroine How I Love You! transports you into the book and onto the Moors, to voyage with Cathy in this interactive one-woman show. A ghostly character, Cathy's grasp of her reality is fraught, and as she catapults between worlds the audience is taken along for the ride. You feel as if you are reading a book that has come to life around you and in being immersed in her world are called upon to assist this character who is lost in her own adaptations. In learning who Cathy is, we learn who Emily Bronte is, and unlock this enigmatic author with questions about feminist agency and the ownership one has to tell their own story. No intermission, please be prepared to walk and interact with the performer.
   New York City, NY; NYC
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Cabaret | Cabaret Songs About Parenting And Kids


Steven Cuevas performs at the keyboard for the Summer edition, observing Japan's Kodomo no hi (Children's Day), with songs about parenting and kids (but not necessarily for kids). with: Ann Chow, Angelita Esperanza, Chrissy Pardo, Charles McCall, Ellis Gage, Joanna Parson, Joel Shelton, Karin Kawamoto, Kristina Osterling, Kennedy Kanagawa, Lara Fox, Marissa Parness Rader, Melissa Slaughter, Risa Mickenberg, Stephanie Card.
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